Common Latin Words Starting with M

Macellarius
butcher, slaughter-house
Macer
thin, lean
Macero
to soften, weaken, reduce, torment
Macies
thiness, gauntness / poverty barrenness
Macresco
to become lean, skinny, thin
Mactabilis
deadly, lethal
Macto
to magnify, glorify, honor / slay, fight, punish, afflict
Macula
stain, mark, spot / blemish, fault, flaw
Maculo
to stain, blemish, defile, pollute
Maculosus
spotted, speckled, polluted
Madesco
to get wet
Madide
drunkenly
Madidus
wet, moist, soaked, boiled, soft, drunk, dyed, steeped
Mador
wetness, moisture
Maero
to grieve, sorrow
Maeror Meror
mourning, grief, sorrow
Magis
more, to a greater extent, rather, for preference
Magister
master, canon / master of a school, professor
Magnopere Magnus Opere
very, very much
Magnus Maior Maximus
large, great, important
Magus
magical
Maiestas
majesty, dignity, greatness
Maiores
(pl) ancestors
Malbodiensis
Maubeuge
Male Peius Pessime
badly, ill, wrongly
Malens
preferring
Malmundarium
Malmedy
Malo Mallui Malus
to choose, prefer
Malum
evil, misfortune, misdeed, crime, injury, damage
Malus Peior Pessimus
bad, wicked, evil
Mancipo
to sell formally, give up
Mancipo Mancepo
to sell formally, turn over, give into charge
Mandatum
order, decree, mandate, instruction
Mando
to commit, entrust, order, command
Mane
morning, early in the morning, early
Manentia
permanency
Maneo
to remain, stay, stay the night, last, endure, abide by
Mansuetus
mild, soft, gentle
Manus Manus
hand, band, handwriting
Marceniense
Marchiennes,
Marcieniensis
Marchiennes
Mare Maris
sea
Maritus
husband
Mater Matris
mother
Matera Mairia
vat, for the fermentation of beer
Materia
material, substance, matter
Matertera
maternal aunt
Matrimonium
marriage
Maxime
greatly, exceedingly, to the highest degree, very
Maxime
especially, particularly, principally
Me
(acc) me / that old black magic has ME in its spell
Medicus
doctor, physician
Mediocris
ordinary, average, fair, moderate, mediocre
Meditor Meditatus
to reflect upon, consider, ponder / practice
Medius
middle, the middle of
Mei
my, mine / MY heart belongs to daddy that old gang of MINE
Mel Mellis
honey
Melior
better
Mellitus
honeyed, sweet as honey
Membrana
thin skin, film, parchment, membrane, prepared skin
Memini Meminisse
to remember

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Memor
mindful, remembering, grateful, thoughful, prudent
Memoratus
mentioned
Memoria
memory, remembrance, recall, recollection
Mendosus
faulty, full of faults
Mens Mentis
mind, thought, intention, intellect
Mensa
table
Mensis Mensis
month
Merces Mercedis
pay, reward, recompense, compensation
Mereo
deserve, gain, obtain, serve as a soldier
Mereo Mereor
deserve, earn, be entitled to, merit
Meretrix Meretricis
prostitute, whore, harlot
Meridianus
midday, afternoon, south
Mestitia
misfortune?
Metim
Metz
Metuo
to fear, dread, be frightened
Metus
fear, dread, anxiety
Meus
my
Mica
crumb, morsel, grain
Mihi
(dat) me / give ME land, lots of land
Miles Militis
soldier, warrior, knight
Milia
(pl) thousands
Militaris
of a soldier, military, martial
Mille
a thousand
Millies Milies
a thousand times
Minime
in the least degree, very little / not at all, by no means
Minimus
least, smallest, slightest
Ministro
to serve, wait upon, provide, supply
Ministro
to attend, wait upon, assist
Minor
smaller, less, slighter
Minuo Minui Minutum
To less, diminish, decrease, grow smaller
Mire
wonderfully, marvellously, uncommonly
Miro
to wonder
Miror
to marvel at, admire, wonder
Mirus
wonderful, astonishing, extraordinary
Misceo Miscui Mixtum
to mix, mingle, blend
Miser
wretched, unfortunate, miserable
Misere
wretchedly, miserably
Misereo Misereor
to pity
Misericordia
pity, mercy
Missa
holy mass
Mitesco
to grow mild, ameliorate
Mitigo
to make mild or ripe, make smooth, pacify, appease
Mitis
mild, gentle / ripe, mature
Mitto Misi Missum
to send, dispatch
Modestus
orderly, within bounds, moderate, restrained
Modica
moderate, within bounds, limited, undistinguished
Modicus
ordinary, undistinguished, within bounds
Modio
a grain measure, a bushel basket
Modo
now, just now, only
Modus
measure, bound, limit / manner, method, mode, way
Moguntienses
Mainz
Moleste
take annoyance
Moleste Fero
I take annoyance
Molestia
annoyance, troublesomeness / stiffness, affectation
Molestus
troublesome, disagreeable, annoying
Molior
to build, erect, construct, contrive, toil, struggle
Mollio
to soften, make pliant
Mollis
adj soft, pliant, flexible, easily moved, gentle
Monachus
monk
Monasteriense
Munster
Monasterium
monastery, abbey, convent
Moneo
to warn, admonish, remind, advise, instruct
Monitio
admonition, warning
Mons Montis
mountain, mount
Monstro
to show, appoint, point out, ordain
Monstrum
portent, omen, monster
Montensem
Mons
Mora
delay
Moratlis
mortal
Morbus
sickness, disease, illness
Mores Morium
ways, conduct, character, morals
Morior
to die, wither away, decay
Mors Mortis
death
Morsus
a biting, bite, also, sting, pain
Mortifera
deadly things
Mortuus
dead, deceased, passed away, gone West, departed
Mos Moris
will, inclination / custom, wont, usage, rule
Moveo Moti Motum
to move, arouse, affect, influence
Mox
soon, presently, then, thereupon
Mucro
a sharp point, edge, dagger point
Mugio
to groan, bellow, roar, low
Mulier
woman
Multi
many, numerous / the common herd
Multo
by much, by far, by a great deal, by a lot
Multum
much, greatly
Multus
much, great
Multus Ne Multus
briefly, in brief
Multus Plus Plurimum
much, a lot
Mundo
to clean
Mundus
world, universe
Mundus
clean, neat, elegant
Munero / Munerior
to give, present
Munimentum
fortification, protection, defenses
Munio
to fortify, defend, protect / build a road
Munitio
fortifying, defense works, bridging, fortification
Munus Muneris
service, office, function, duty / gift
Mus Muris
mouse
Mussito
to grumble, mutter
Mutatio
change, alteration, transformation
Muto
to change, alter / exchange
Muto
punish, fine, mulct
Mutuo
borrowed, lend,
Mutuus
interchanged, mutually, reciprocal / reciprocity
Mutuus A Loan Dare Mutuum
to make a loan

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